I’m a fan of unconditional love … that’s just the way I choose to look at life. While others may hand you a long list of reasons to leave someone when they’re struggling with an issue (drug abuse, poverty, bad breath, being short) I say stand by them and help them overcome it.

She was special. At least that’s what I initially thought. She was beautiful, smart, funny—basically everything that I could have ever hoped for in a woman. There was just one problem…I hated her voice. And when I say hate, I don’t mean it from the perspective of, “I know she’s gonna nag me so I hate to hear her talk.” … No, it was much deeper than that.

Well it’s Tuesday, so that means it’s time to feature links that the Fly Guy committee of one has deemed worthy to mention. So go ahead and give them a look, since I’m pretty sure you’re weren’t doing anything that important at work anyway. (By the way, watching old SWV videos on Youtube while your boss isn’t looking doesn’t qualify as important.)

Guest Feature- “The funny thing about relationships is that they can feel absolutely perfect when you’re in the depths of love. The problem is when the good times come to an end. The person that once made your heart skip a beat might now make your stomach turn.”

After running across this next feature, I felt it deserved some serious burn here at FGC. For every single woman that’s forced to endure the insensitive remarks of friends, family, and sometimes total strangers, this piece was written with you in mind. Enjoy.

Since Mondays are usually so hectic for us all, I felt the need to program in a much-needed break—a moment for you to breathe, take a load off, and reflect back on some of music’s most poignant expressions of love. Starting today, we’ll feature a new (but really old) video each week and celebrate its ability to capture the true essence of love and relationships. First up is Jon B.’s “They Don’t Know.”

“Wow, they’re pretty fly. I wonder if I can get to know them without my coworkers getting in my business.” Sound familiar? Well it should, as eight million Americans engage in workplace romance every year. To delve even deeper into the numbers, 42% of those people have dated their boss. (I know, it sounds kind of trifling.) But what those numbers really do is force us to ask a very real question:

Dear Fly Guy, I have a problem which may or may not be common. On the inside, I’m a sweet, give-until-I-have-no-more, take care of you, type of person. Yet when I meet guys and spend time with them, I put up this mean, bitchy, cynical front. This is my wall to avoid getting hurt.

They say it takes a village to raise a child, but it also takes a “village” of dope writers to provide the Fly Guy community with everything it needs to get make it through a painfully boring workday. Here are a few links that should help get your day started on the right foot. Make sure you come back though … more Fly Guy coming right up.

“What do you want in a woman?” I knew the question was coming, and I still wasn’t prepared to answer it. It just felt like no matter what my response, I’d be trapped in an impossible, no-win situation. I mean, how does one really describe what they “want” in a person? Doesn’t that change over time?